Karaoke Korner

Time doesn�t heal

Photos courtesy of Universal Music

Jack Johnson gives up hope

In his latest single, �If I Had Eyes,� Jack Johnson comes to terms with the fact that his relationship is over. No matter how hard he wants to try to reconcile, he has little hope of patching things up with his girlfriend.

This week�s Karaoke Korner takes a look at some idioms with the word eye in them.

Exercises

Let�s look at some idioms that use the word eye. All you have to do is match each sentence with the correct definition.

Sentences

1. Pop was up to her eyes in work.

2. Sue really has an eye for a bargain.

3. The crowd was all eyes as the bomb squad slowly unwrapped the package.

Definitions

a. to be watching somebody or something carefully and with a lot of interest

b. to be able to judge if things look attractive, valuable, etc.

c. to have a lot of something to deal with

�If I Had Eyes�

by Jack Johnson

If I had eyes in the back of my head
I would have told you
That you looked good as I walked away
And if you could have tried
To trust the hand that fed
You would have never been hungry
But you�d never really be
More of this or less of this
Or is there any difference
Or are we just holding on to things
That we don�t have anymore

Chorus

Sometimes time doesn�t heal
No, not at all
It just stands still
While we fall
In or out of love
Again I doubt
I�m going to win you back
When you�ve got eyes like that
That won�t let me in
Always looking out

A lot of people
Spend their time just floating
We were victims together but lonely
You�ve got hungry eyes
That just can�t look forward
Can�t give them enough
But we just can�t start over
Building with bent nails
We�re falling but holding
I don�t want to take up
Any more of your time

(Chorus)

About Jack Johnson

Name: Jack Johnson
Nationality: American
Style: Pop
Label: Universal Music
Albums: Sleep Through the Static (2008), Sing-A-Longs and Lullabies for the Film Curious George (2006), In Between Dreams (2005), On and On (2003), Bushfire Fairytales (2002)
In brief: Before becoming a pop star, Hawaiian Jack Johnson was a champion surfer on the professional circuit. At the same time, he also experimented in film and music. It was during his years as a film student at the University of California that Jack began writing songs. He and a group of friends produced Thicker Than Water, a surfing documentary that showed off his talents as a movie director as well as a singer/songwriter. With several film awards under his belt, Jack decided to focus on music.
Official website: http://www.jackjohnsonmusic.com
If you like Jack Johnson, check out: Ben Harper, John Mayer and Coldplay

	heal (v): to make somebody feel happy again doubt (v): feeling uncertain about something or not believing something float (v): to move slowly as if on water or in the air bent (adj): not straight reconcile (v): to make people become friends again after an argument or a disagreement documentary (n): a film or a radio or television programme giving facts about something IDIOM patch things up: to try to stop quarrelling with somebody and be friends again